Tag Archives: Jon Favreau

Spider-Man: No Way Home review — Amazing and spectacular, both

December 20, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 148 min | Netflix Let's have a chat about the definition of "fan service." It's a term that gets thrown around a lot lately, especially in relation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's the idea is that these movies' producers are pandering… Read More

Reviews From The Vault: Tank Girl, 48 Hrs, Another 48 Hrs, Wimbledon, Red Sun

April 13, 2020 flawintheiris

I recently shared that I'd been going through my DVDs and Blu-Rays and doing a bit of a cull due to concerns around space in a modest apartment. It's prompted me to consider a few of the dustier movies on the shelf to see whether they deserve to stay or get traded/sold. The question I'm… Read More

Spider-Man: Far From Home review — Playfully entertaining teen superheroing, if a little long

July 3, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | 129 min | Netflix ...or Peter Parker's European Vacation. And who could blame the guy (winningly played by Tom Holland again) for wanting some downtime? For a 16-year-old, he's had more than his fair share of grief—with the passing of a father… Read More

Spider-Man: Homecoming review — Fresh focus on teen superheroing

July 8, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Watts | Written by Watts, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers | 133 min Yes, another reboot of the Spider-Man franchise—Andrew Garfield, we barely knew ye—this time with six writers, not including the original comic creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. None of that bodes well.… Read More

The Jungle Book (2016) review — Spectacular, but neglects the bare (bear?) necessities

April 21, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Jon Favreau | Written by Justin Marks, adapting the Rudyard Kipling book | 105 min | ▲▲▲△△ Yes, this is a more direct adaptation of the beloved Kipling collection of stories than the Disney animated musical, famously the last one overseen by Walt himself. But let's be honest here: This Disney film also plays… Read More

Chef review

June 12, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Jon Favreau It's tempting to analogize the story of Chef with Favreau's career as an actor and director. Favreau came to prominence as the writer and star of the late-90s indie Swingers, with his buddy Vince Vaughn (they paired again in Made), which he parlayed into acting and directing gigs. He… Read More

The Wolf of Wall Street review

January 12, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Martin Scorcese Written by Terrence Winter, from the Jordan Belfort book A wildly funny film, The Wolf Of Wall Street probably won't be considered one of Scorcese's great works for a couple of reasons. 1) It revels in excess at a time when that is particularly unfashionable, five years since those Wall Street… Read More

Iron Man 3 review

May 3, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Shane Black | Written by Black and Drew Pearce, from a Marvel Comic by Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby | 131 min | Netflix Here's the beginning of the next phase of Marvel's world cinema domination. It's working pretty well for them so far. Robert Downey Jr is back… Read More